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Protein Digestion in the Small Intestine
Pancreatic proteases
-Trypsinogen, chymotrypsinogen, procarboxyy peptidases, proelastase, collagenase
-Must be activated
-Hydrolyze peptide bonds either internally or from ends
-Produce mono-, di-, tri-, and oligopeptides
Brush Border Aminopeptidase
-Further hydrolyzes som tri- and oligopeptides
-Tripeptidase= 1 free amino acids + peptide
-Dipeptidase= 2 free amino acids